We have lost count of the number of people who have told us that they found us because a friend or family member told them about us in a group chat, forwarded one of our emails, or was chatting about one of our stories at a party. We want to incentivize this type of recommendation by giving 404 Media merch to people who ask their friends to sign up for our newsletters.
To participate in this program, you need to enroll in it here (even if you are already a member of 404 Media). After you do that, you will get a link to share with your friends. When they sign up for 404 Media, you'll get credit and will start earning toward free merch.
This is an experimental program for us and we're not sure exactly how well it's going to work. We're open to feedback and we're also using a separate piece of software to run the program, so there may be hiccups in the early days. Thanks for your understanding!